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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 566,218, dated August 18, 1896. Application filed February 8, 1896. Serial No. 578,516. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VILLIAM R. OYLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lima, in the county of Allen and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Plows,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to plows; and it consists in a novel construction for supporting the moldboard and attaching the plowshare, whereby the cost of necessary repairs will be greatly reduced and simple means provided for quickly attaching a new share whenever required.

In the annexed drawings, illustrating the invention, Figure l is a perspective of plowstandard, landside, and connected parts that form the supports for moldboard and plowshare, the nioldboard and plowshare being removed. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same with moldboard and plowshare in position. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 4 is a sectional detail view.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral l designates the plow-standard, with its foot secured to landside 2 by bolting, welding, or otherwise. A diagonally-placed bar 3 is bolted or welded at one end to the inner side of the landside near the plow-point 4, and is thence extended outwardly to the rear of the plow. The rear end of this bar 3 is secured by bolting or welding to one end of a bracebar 5, the other end of which is bolted,welded, or otherwise secured to the landside 2 at the rear of the plow-standard.

The plow may have a sectional moldboard G of any usual or well-known construction, and the rear or upper portion of the diagonally-placed bar 3 will serve as a seat for attachment of the forward ends of the several moldboard-sections, the upper or rear ends of which may be connected and braced by a somewhat-curved bar 7, one end of which is bolted, welded, or otherwise secured to the plow-standard. Any desired number of sections lnay be comprised in the moldboard G, or, if preferred, it may be made solid or in one piece only. As is well known, a sectional nioldboard is frequently desirable as affording facilities for self cleaning in certain soils and permitting a ready and economical renewal of any section that may become broken, damaged, or ineffective, thus saving the cost of an entirely new board.

An approximately V shaped steel plowpoint 4 is welded to the landside 2, as shown. The landside is about half an inch thick, and the steel point 4 may be, say, one inch and a half wide to project about one inch from the inner face of the landside.

The attachment of the bar 3 and plow-point 4 is made in such a manner as to leave on the inner face of the landside a long slot or groove 8 for reception of the front or inner end of the plowshare 9, the main portion of which is seated upon and bolted to the bar 3 along` the forward edge thereof. While this construction greatly increases the strength of the plow it is yet about one-third lighter than ordinary,and renewal of abroken or damaged share can be readily effected at slight expense and without loss of time. It is one of the objections to welded plows that an ordinary smith does not possess the skill or the required facilities for making needed repairs of moldboard or share, and sending to a factory involves considerable expense and delay. Vith the construction that I have here described any smith can easily replace a share, as it is only necessary to insert its front end into the slot or groove S and then secure the share by bolts 10 to the bar 3, that also seats the forward portion of the moldboard.

Among the desirable features of a plow for ordinary purposes are simplicity of construction and an adaptability to easy and inexpensive repairs, as provided for in the devices described.

Itis also desirable, in a sectional moldboard, to so arrange the several sections as to facilitate a clearing off or self-cleaning of the moldboard, and this I accomplish by slantin g the sections somewhat diagonally backward and outward in the direction or course taken by the soil when the plow is moved forward.

V'Vhat I claim as my invention is l. In a plow, the combination of the landside having in its inner face the slot or groove 8, the plow-point 4, the bar 3 secured to the inner face of the landside, and the share 9 having its forward end inserted in the said IOO slot or groove of the landside and seated upon and bolted to the said bar, substantially as described.

2. In 2L plow, the combination of the stand- 3. In a plow, the combination with the landside, and the frame-bars 3, 5 and 7, of a seotional moldboard having its several sections G slanted backward and outward, their forward ends being supported on the bar 3 and their upper ends secured to the bar 7, and the share 9 secured to the bar 3 and having its forward end seated in a slot or groove of the lzindside, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

lVlLLIAM R. OYLER. Witnesses:

S. L. WooDs, H. P. WILLIAMSON. 

